Job 33:2
Behold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue.
BSB
ASV
Behold now, I have opened my mouth; My tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
KJV
Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
Wherefore, Job, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words. Behold, I have opened my mouth; let my tongue speak in my throat. But in the midst of these sentences which he utters, based on solid truth, he again bursts out into words of pride, saying, Wherefore, Job, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words. Behold, I have opened my mouth; let my tongue speak in my throat.
So that Job does not ask the reason why he did not speak before he says, "Behold, I have opened my mouth," as if to say: Before when I was silent, I had kept my mouth closed out of reverence for my elders, since now …
My tongue hath spoken in my mouth - Margin, “palate.” The meaning is, that since he had ventured to speak, and had actually commenced, he would utter only that which was worthy to be heard. This is properly the commencement of his argument, for all that he had before said was merely an introduction. The word palate - “in my palate” (בחכי bechêkiy) is used here because of the importance of that organ in the act of speaking.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
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Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.
He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.
I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:
by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
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Matthew 5:2and He began to teach them, saying:
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Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
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Job 3:1After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
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Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed.